> On May 19, 2016, at 3:17 PM, Евгений Шишкин <itparan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 19 May 2016, at 22:59, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> 
>> David Christensen <da...@endpoint.com> writes:
>>> This simple patch adds “ALL” as an EXPLAIN option as shorthand for “EXPLAIN 
>>> (ANALYZE, VERBOSE, COSTS, TIMING, BUFFERS)” for usability.
>> 
>> I'm not sure this is well thought out.  It would mean for example that
>> we could never implement EXPLAIN options that are mutually exclusive
>> ... at least, not without having to redefine ALL as all-except-something.
>> Non-boolean options would be problematic as well.
>> 
> 
> Maybe EVERYTHING would be ok.
> But it is kinda long word to type.

If it’s just a terminology issue, what about EXPLAIN (*); already a precedent 
with SELECT * to mean “everything”.  (MAX? LIKE_I’M_5?) Let the bikeshedding 
begin!

In any case, I think a shorthand for “give me the most possible detail without 
me having to lookup/type/remember the options” is a good tool.

David
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